GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 12 September 1907, Page 4

GENERAL CABLES.

NEW RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP. St. Petersburg, September 9. The battleship Paul the First, of 17,700 tons, lias been launched at St. Petersburg. The vessel cost £ 1,700,000. CONGO (STATES' SLIMNESS.

BrusselSj September 0. There is great indignation in Belgium at the Congo State having, on the eve of annexation, placed King Leopold's territories, comprising a domain of 289,375 square kilometres, under the control of a developing syndicate. The Belgians considered the domain would have revertod to the Belgian Crown in the event of annexation. ANGLO-RUSSIAN RELATIONS. St. Petersburg, September 0. The tone of all the Russian press is uniformly friendly to England. The old suspicions are apparently buried. LAWN TENNIS. Berlin, September 9. At lawn tennis, A. F. Wilding (New Zealand) beat Otto Froitzhoim in the final for the Men's Championship Singles at the Badcn-Barfen tournament. The score was o—3, C—2, o—3. THE PANAMA CANAL. Now York, September 9. One-tenth of the excavation at tho Panama Canal lias been completed. Thirty thousand laborers are busy at the work under the supervision of an army of engineers. SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP. Ottawa, September 0. j Durnan has challenged W. Webb, of New Zealand, to row a (match on the i Thames for £SOO a-side. He proposes r that each pay his own expenses . He \ is willing to allow Webb £IOO if he i will row' at Toronto. • FIRE IN GAOL WORKSHOP. * Melbourne, September 10. i A number |of prisoners were left j alone for ten minutes in the flaxroom i>! j the lociil gaol. When the warder returned he found the room on fire. The > prisoners willingly assisted in subduing 5 tho flames, but the flax-making machj inery was destroyed. It is believed > that the prisoners caused the fire because of the resentment at being made to work at such a profitable industry without getting any remuneration.

NOVEL TAXING PROPOSAL.Melbourne, September ID. The Premier of Victorin,, Mr T. Beat, is inclined to bring in a Bill to assist charities by taxing football matches, theatres and race meetings. CHARITY BEQUESTS. ■ Melbourne, September 10. The trustees of the late Edward Wilson, of the Melbourne Argus, have offered the committee of the Melbourne Hospital £IOO,OO for the building of a new hospital. A MINERAL DISCOVERY. Sydney, September 10. An immense deposit of magncsite has been discovered at Fifield. The University authorities expatiate on the value of the deposit in the manufacture Of fire bricks and furnace linings.